James Whitcomb Riley

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American poet human poet

James Whitcomb Riley was a popular late-19th- and early-20th-century American poet known as the "Hoosier Poet" for his folksy dialect verse celebrating rural Midwestern life.

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James Whitcomb Riley canonical 27
James Whitcomb Riley as 'Hoosier Poet' 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American poet ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
birthDate 1849-10-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Greenfield, Indiana ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
commemoratedBy James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children ⓘ
Riley Children’s Foundation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1916-07-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Riley ⓘ
father Reuben Alexander Riley ⓘ
fullName James Whitcomb Riley self-link ⓘ
genre children’s poetry ⓘ
dialect verse ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasHonor schools named after him in Indiana ⓘ
hasInfluenced American children’s literature ⓘ
Midwestern regional literature ⓘ
knownFor celebrating rural Midwestern life ⓘ
poems in Hoosier dialect ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Whitcomb ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Marine Riley ⓘ
movement dialect poetry ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Children’s Poet ⓘ
Hoosier Poet ⓘ
notableWork An Old Sweetheart of Mine ⓘ
Little Orphant Annie ⓘ
The Old Swimmin’-Hole and ‘Leven More Poems ⓘ
The Raggedy Man ⓘ
When the Frost Is on the Punkin ⓘ
occupation lecturer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Crown Hill Cemetery ⓘ
residence Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana
sexOrGender male ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Indiana ⓘ
subjectOf James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home ⓘ
workPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
writingStyle Midwestern rural dialect ⓘ
folksy ⓘ

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Little Orphant Annie → author → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
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The Raggedy Man → author → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
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When the Frost Is on the Punkin → author → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
An Old Sweetheart of Mine → author → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
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The Old Swimmin’-Hole and ‘Leven More Poems → author → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
The Old Swimmin’-Hole and ‘Leven More Poems → helpedEstablishReputationOf → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home → dedicatedTo → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
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Elizabeth Marine Riley → child → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
Elizabeth Marine Riley → notableRelative → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children → namedAfter → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
Reuben Alexander Riley → child → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
Reuben Alexander Riley → relative → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ
Greenfield, Indiana → hasNotablePerson → James Whitcomb Riley ⓘ